Rishabala SS : Dancing At Midnight

Part 1

"Hurry up, Sukriti we are really late." Madhu said as she ran to her class with Sukriti. This was her first day in college and she had reached the day before in Delhi and had settled in her hostel, and there she had met Sukriti who was in her class. Madhu was a little upset already as she still hadn't met RK, she wanted to come early so she could meet him but Sukriti had taken forever to get ready and had asked Madhu to wait for her, and now she was late for the very first class in her new college. Finally they found the class and quickly settled down in the nearest seat available as the professor was waiting for them to settle down. "Let's take the attendance, and I'll call out your names just stand up so I can know who is who." Professor said as he started calling out names of the students. Suddenly Madhu heard him call out her name "Madhubala Malik." Madhu quickly got up and was about to "Yes sir" when someone beat her to it "Yes." Madhu turns to the sound to see a very beautiful girl in a mini skirt and tank top looking at her with a displeased frown. "What's happening?" the professor asks amused. "I'm Madhubala Malik." Madhu replies. "What? I'm Madhubala Malik!" the other girl says haughtily as she flipped her hair back. "Looks like we have two Madhubala Malik-s. Bloody confusing whenever that happens, er...excuse my language." Professor says and then proceeds to call out other names. Madhu was feeling a little excited, this was the first time she had met someone with the same name as hers and she turns and smiles at her who just gives her a disgusted look. Madhu just shrugs and turns to see her other classmates. 

After that class was over, they were leaving the room when the other Madhubala Malik who had asked everyone to call her Mads said arrogantly "Move aside." Madhu moves away while she walked away with her bunch of friends. "You two have the same name and look so different. You look nothing less than a super model and she is such a behenji." Madhu hears one of Mads's friends talking in a loud whisper and they all starts laughing while Madhu just shrugs and walks away with a scandalized Sukriti. Madhu knew she was not pretty, with her specs, salwars and no make up she did look like a behengi. But she didn't mind that, because RK didn't like girls using make up. Thinking of RK her heart started slamming against her chest. She decided to go look for him around the campus. By the time she reached the canteen Mads was the talk and attention of the college with practically every guy drooling over her while some of her friends made fun of the other Madhubala Malik who was a disgrace to Mads as she had the same name as Mads. Shrugging her shoulders Madhu went on to look for RK, the only person that mattered to her but RK was nowhere to be found. Dejected she went to her next class thinking of looking for him in the next break. 

After her class, Madhu was again looking around for RK when she heard a manly voice loudly calling out to her "Madhubala!" Madhu turns around wondering who was calling her when her heart stopped beating, RK was coming towards her with a huge smile on his face and without even realizing it she started smiling and blushing, she had been looking for him everywhere and he had found her. As she waited for him to come to her with a big smile he had walked past her without sparing her even a glance and walked towards Mads. She knew she was not beautiful, and it had never bothered her as she knew what mattered to RK was her and not her face but RK had thought Mads was his Madhu and hadn't even spared her a glance. "Hey beautiful," she heard RK greet Madhu "Rishabh Kundra." he said extending his hand "Hey Rishabh." Mads says with obvious interest in the handsome man. "Wanna have coffee?" RK asks with a sexy smile. Madhu had never felt so lonely in her life, not even when her parents had passed away, or when RK had gone away but now with her RK so close to her and with so many people around her she had never felt lonelier. She was about to walk away as her eyes were filling with tears when she heard another voice excitedly saying "Your time is up, RK and you lost!" Madhu turns back to see what was happening. "What the hell do you mean I lost?" RK asks with a frown. "What is happening?" Mads asks confused and a little irritated. "Sorry, please don't take it in the wrong way," RK starts his explanation with an embarrassed smile "well my friends made a bet with me that I should call you beautiful and ask you out for coffee in a minute. I never back out from a challenge, please don't mind. Just consider it as a small ragging." RK says sheepishly. "But I'm still going to hold you to that coffee offer." Mads replies as she slightly flicked on his nose tip with a finger. "Dude, you lost!" RK's friend said with a chuckle. "What do you mean by I lost, Saket?" RK asks irritated as he subtly stepped away from Mads's reach. "For the first time in his life, Rishabh Kundra lost a bet!" Saket says loudly while RK looked like he wanted to hit his friend "Dude, we were not talking about this Madhubala Malik, we were talking about that Madhubala Malik." Saket says pointing at RK. RK quickly turns to look at the person Saket was pointing and sees a girl staring at him in shock. Madhu suddenly felt like the center of attention as everyone stared at her and some chuckled at RK. This was the first time she was the center of attention in front of strangers and she hated that feeling. And RK kept gawking at Mads and her alternately in shock and confusion. "You said she is Madhubala." RK tells Saket. "Well she is Madhubala Malik and that is also Madhubala Malik and we were talking about her." Saket grins. "You didn't tell me that." RK argues. "Leave it, RK. You lost!" Protheek says with a grin. "Fine!" RK says irritated while they all hooted loudly. "Don't take it to heart, RK." Mads says as she kept her hand on RK's shoulder "It happens and don't be mad at them they were just trying to make Madhu happy, because without a bet who would ask her out?" RK looks at her in shock and sees her smirking at the other Madhu, and RK looks at the other Madhu and realized that she looked like she would cry any minute now.